Necktie button for a necktie

ABSTRACT

A necktie button for a necktie ( 2 ) provided with a front button part ( 3 ) which defines the button shape and a rear part ( 4 ) which is able to be joined to the front button part ( 3 ) for holding the necktie ( 2 ) between these two parts ( 3, 4 ). The rear part ( 4 ) is designed as a clip part for clipping the necktie button on the shirt. Both parts ( 3, 4 ) are designed in a way that a necktie ( 2 ) made from a flexible material, folded at desired positions in a transverse direction with the folded end ( 2   a ) is able to be hung and/or clipped between the two parts ( 3, 4 ). In this way any elegant necktie button may be combined with an existing necktie.

The invention concerns a necktie button for a necktie according to thegeneric term of claim 1.

Conventional neckties consist mostly of a fabric and are tied. Thedisadvantage is the troublesome tying of the necktie, which notinfrequently results in less than handsome tie knots. In the case ofties made from leather, plastics, silk, wood and other materialsready-made necktie buttons are also used, which are mostly hung with aband around the neck. In order to circumvent the disadvantages of tyingthe necktie and to avoid being “hung” by the neck, necktie buttons havealso been developed for neckties which have been especially designed inonly one strip, wherein the necktie is fastened respectively with oneend between two parts of the necktie button which are able to be joinedtogether, by which the front part of necktie button defines the buttonshape and the rear part is designed as a clip part for clipping thenecktie button to the shirt. The necktie exhibits a hole at its end,with which it is pinned onto a pin assigned to one part and held bymeans of the other part.

The task underlying the present invention is to create a necktie buttonof the form mentioned at the start, with which the conventional necktiesmade from a flexible material may be clipped to the shirt, wherein itneeds neither a special cutting, nor a necktie knot.

This problem is solved according to the present invention by a necktiebutton having features in claim 1.

Further preferred embodiments of the necktie button according to theinvention form the component part of the dependent (subsidiary) claims.

The necktie button according to the invention enables a rapid andcomfortable attachment of a conventional or shortened necktie at theshirt collar. This must be tied around the neck with perfect fit andwithout the necktie having to be tied in a complicated manner. Thenecktie may be adjusted to any length. The material, the shape and thecolour of the necktie button and its front button part may be varied andenable thus a wide variety of fashionable combinations with variousneckties. In a particularly preferred method, the front part of thebutton of the necktie button may be designed as a piece of jewellery oreven serve advertising purposes. Additionally the necktie button may beprovided with special adaptations, which are put onto to the button,attached or otherwise accommodated and thus bestows a new form to thebutton.

The invention will be explained in more detail as follows. The drawingsshow:

FIG. 1 An example of a design for a necktie button according to theinvention having a conventional or shortened necktie clipped with thebutton, front view;

FIG. 2A perspective view of a front button part of the necktie buttonaccording to FIG. 1 viewed from the rear;

FIG. 3A perspective view of a rear clip part of the necktie according toFIG. 1;

FIG. 4 The front button part longitudinal section;

FIG. 5 The rear clip part in side view;

FIG. 6A n additional embodiment form of the front button part, with apush-in adaptation, in side view;

FIG. 7 The button part according to FIG. 6 having the pushed-inadaptation, in front view.

FIG. 1 shows a necktie button 1 for a necktie 2, in which it may concerna conventional or shortened necktie made from a flexible material,preferably fabric (textile, silk) or else even leather, plastics etc.The necktie button 1 consists of two parts which can be joined together,provided to secure the necktie 2, by which from FIG. 1 solely the frontbutton part 3 which defines the button shape is visible, which is alsoshown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4. A rear part of the necktie button 1 isdesigned as a clip part visible in FIGS. 3 and 5, which is equipped toclip with a clip 5 on the shirt collar or on the uppermost shirt button.

The front button part 3 exhibits a recess 6 according to FIG. 2 and FIG.4 on its reverse side, which is open towards the bottom and at the reartwo bars 7 appear to face each other at the sides. Towards the top, therecess 6 is closed off by a cambered wall 3 a of the button part 3. thiscambered wall 3 a is part of a central part of the necktie button 1,which in the case of the embodiment example shown exhibits somethinglike the shape of a classical necktie button, to which two lateralextensions or wings 3 b are connected to the central part. The frontbutton part 3 is fabricated from a solid material, preferably from hardplastics.

The clip part 4 fabricated from an elastic ductile material, preferablyplastics or vulcanite, exhibits a kind of mushroom shape according toFIGS. 3 and 5, with a foot 10 and head 11 cambered towards the front,between which a stepped (or shouldered) surface 12 is present. The frontface of the clip button 11 corresponds to the recess 6 in shape as wellas the cambered wall 3 a of the front button part 3. On the reverse sidethe head 11 is provided with the previously mentioned clip 5. Clip 5 mayexhibit a slit opening towards the bottom for securing at the uppermostshirt button, which however is not visible in the drawing. Neverthelesstwo lateral guide notches 13 are provided at head 11.

Two lateral clips oriented towards the front, are arranged on the foot10 of the clip part, which are provided to hold the necktie 2 to besecured in the necktie button 1. The necktie 2 is folded in one of thedesired positions adapted to the body size in horizontal transversedirection, with its side edges 2 b (FIG. 1) bent towards the rear aroundthe foot front side of the clip part 4 and with the fold hanging on theclip 15. The shoulder surface 12 thus forms the upper strike surface forthe necktie 2.

The clip part 4 with the necktie 2 hung on the clip 15 is pushed frombelow with the head 11 into the recess 6 of the front button part 3under the combined effects of the guide bars 7 and the guide notches 13,until the head 11 is interlocked with the recess 6 and the cambered wall3 a and is thus held fast. Further additional interlocking means couldbe provided (a snap-in notch, or other such means).

The necktie 2 which is hung on the clip 15 at any position is thus heldfast or clamped with its folded end 2 a (FIG. 1) in the gap between therecess 6 and the foot 10, wherein two superimposed necktie parts hangdown from the necktie button 1 in the same way as one necktie tiedaround the neck. (only the front part of the necktie is visible fromFIG. 1)

It is conceivable for there to be also purely a pinched gripping of thefolded necktie 2 between the front button part 3 and the rear clip part4—without hanging and without clip, although the necktie 2 in the caseof the solution shown may be positioned perfectly in the necktie button1. The clips could also theoretically be allocated to the front buttonpart and for example could be arranged at the wings 3 b of thesame—extended towards the front. Also both necktie button parts could beable to be joined in a different way to that shown.

The front button part 3 could exhibit any other forms instead of theclassical necktie button form (eg, various cubic forms, a ball shape,ellipsoid etc.,) and thus be worn as a jewellery piece, an advertisingmedium or an events logo.

The necktie button according to the invention could also be designed inthe form of a sleeve or box, and the necktie pinched and/or clipped withits folded end between two coaxial cylindrical parts of the same.

As indicated in FIGS. 6 and 7 the necktie button according to theinvention could also be provided with adaptations 20 with special variedforms, materials and functions which may be for example attached to thefront part 3 (apart from decoration other, eg, electronic functions suchas watch, tie-watch, microphone, light diode etc.,). The adaptationscould also be attached to the front button part 3 or otherwise mounted.

An important advantage of the necktie button according to the inventionis that the necktie does not have to be especially adapted for fastening(no opening or slit) and is also not damaged by fastening.

The necktie button according to the invention enables a rapid andcomfortable attachment of a conventional necktie to the shirt collar,with perfect fit, without the necktie having to be tied in a complicatedfashion and tied round the neck. The necktie may be adjusted to anylength. Shorter length neckties may also be used. The material, theshape and the colour of the necktie button in respect of its front partmay vary, and thus enable a variety of fashionable combinations withdifferent neckties. In an especially preferred method the front buttonpart of the necktie button may be designed as a piece of jewellery orserve advertising purposes (eg, to be equipped with company logo etc,).Several button parts could be in use with the same clip part by choice.

1-10. (canceled)
 11. Necktie button for a necktie (2), having a buttonpart (3) defined as the button form and a rear part (4) able to bejoined to the front button part (3) for holding fast the necktie (2)between these two parts (3, 4), wherein the rear part (4) is designed asa clip part for clipping the necktie button to the shirt, wherein bothparts (3, 4) are designed in a way that a necktie (2) made from aflexible material, folded at desired positions in a transverse directionwith the folded end (2 a) able to be hung and/or clipped between the twoparts (3, 4).
 12. Necktie button according to claim 11, wherein twoclips (15) on either side, oriented towards the front, are assigned toone of the two parts (3, 4), on which the necktie (2) folded in thetransverse direction is able to be hung by the folded end (2 a)—withtheir side edges (2 b) bent towards the rear.
 13. Necktie buttonaccording to claim 12, wherein the clips (15) are allocated to the clippart (4).
 14. Necktie button according to claim 13, wherein the clippart (4) with the suspended necktie (2) is able to be pushed into a rearrecess (6) in the front button part (3) seemingly formed as (guide) bars(7) and is able to be retained there.
 15. Necktie button according toclaim 13, wherein the clip part (4) consists of an elastic ductilematerial, preferably plastics or vulcanite and is provided for attachingto the shirt collar or on the uppermost shirt button.
 16. Necktie buttonaccording to claim 13, wherein the clip part (4) exhibits a kind ofmushroom shape, at whose foot (10) the clips (15) are arranged on eitherside and whose head (11) is able to be accommodated in an interlockingcontact with the front button part (3) or with the rear recess (6) ofsame, wherein a shoulder surface (12) between the head (11) and the foot(10) forms a strike surface for the necktie (2) which is bent around thefoot (1) and hung on the clips (15).
 17. Necktie button according toclaim 11, wherein the front button part (3) is designed as a piece ofjewellery.
 18. Necktie button according to claim 11, wherein the frontbutton part (3) is designed as an advertising medium.
 19. Necktie buttonaccording to claim 11, wherein the front button part (3) is providedwith adaptations (20) which are able to be stuck onto, attached orotherwise accommodated.
 20. Necktie button according to claim 11,wherein button part (3) is able to be combined with clip part (4)—withdifferent design if necessary—which remains the same with variousneckties (2).